One Bit Platformer

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Alternatively kids and adults can play this vintage platforming video game for free as a web application .

One Bit Platformer Game for Kids Video Game Play Instructions

• Starting the Game
  • Select the NEW GAME button at the bottom center of the welcome screen to begin play.
    • Your web browser automatically saves your game progress.
    • While the button suggests you will start a new game, it allows you to continue a prior game played in the same web browser.
• Game Controls
  • Desktop
    • Move left by pressing the A key or the left arrow key on your keyboard.
    • Move right by pressing the D key or the right arrow key on your keyboard.
    • Jump by pressing the W key or the up arrow key on your keyboard.
      • Double jump by pressing either twice.
  • Touchscreen devices
    • Use the on-screen controls.
      • The move left and move right buttons are in the lower left of the screen.
      • The jump button is in the lower right corner of the screen. Press twice to double jump.
  • Controls & indicators
    • Your health and level score are shown in the upper left.
    • The current world number is shown top center.
    • The upper right corner has a level select button.
    • The level select screen shows unlocked levels in green and locked levels in gray.
• Game Play
  • Basics
    • This is a Super Mario Bros. inspired platforming game featuring a pixelated character who is able to jump and double jump.
    • Enemies
      • Other mobile enemies are colorful and can be stomped on.
      • Spikes and poisonous flowers can blend into the background and look harmless, but do a lot of damage.
      • Some background elements which are white look like foreground elements but can not be walked on.
    • Taking damage
      • You start each world with 3 hearts.
      • Each time you get hit you blink for a brief period of time.
      • While you are blinking you can’t take damage, but you also can’t hit other enemies.
      • When you have zero hearts remaining if you get hit again you die.
    • Healing
      • Each time you beat a level your health is fully restored.
      • Each time you die your health is fully restored.
      • Whenever you run over a heart container you gain another heart container of health.
  • Levels
    • This game has 15 stages which are unlocked sequentially.
      • You can replay previously beat levels at any time by accessing them through the level select screen in the upper right corner.
    • Winning vs losing
      • You win a level by making it to the door at the end of the level.
      • You lose if either you fall off platform or get hit while having zero filled heart containers.
      • This game offers unlimited continues starting you at the beginning of the level you failed.
    • Scoring
      • Each coin you collect is worth 10 points.
      • Enemies you jump on are typically worth 30 points each.
      • Your score for each level is specific to that level.
  • Tips
    • Broad hit detection
      • This game is rather forgiving with hit detection when you jump onto moving enemies.
      • The flip side of that generosity is it is easy to accidentally walk into spikes or poisonous flower.
    • Jumps
      • When you double jump you can jump twice in a row immediately, or jump once then jump again while in midair.
        • If you are near the screen’s top or have a platform above you that blocks your ability to jump higher when your head hits the limit, meaning you’ll need to jump around or jump once and then jump again.
        • Some levels have spikes or flowers on the roof as well, requiring you to jump, wait, and then jump again (instead of double jumping all at once).
      • When you have to jump around a higher platform you want to land on it can make sense to be slightly misaligned before the initial jump so you can jump away only slightly & then jump back harder.
      • Some jumps require you to land on a narrow platform. The length of your jump (as a running fall off, an ordinary jump, or a double jump) depends largely on the relative height of platforms. In many cases you alternate single jumps and double jumps as you alternate between lower and higher platforms.
      • When you walk onto springs you will repeatedly bounce. Save your jump off of the spring for near the apex of the spring’s push.
    • Invincibility
      • After taking a hit you are temporarily invincible. This also acts as a double edge sword.
      • In some cases when you take damage it makes sense to sprint quickly through the level while you are invincible.
      • The flip side to the above is you do not know when it will wear off & it can wear off just after you land on an enemy, meaning you miss hitting them & then they immediately hit you. A way around this problem is to slow down & double jump to give yourself more time in the air so that you are not invincible and can do damage when you land on the enemy.
    • Timing
      • Levels are not timed, so it makes sense to play slow and time your jumps with precision through harder parts of the level.
      • If there are enemies moving back and forth on a platform you need to jump off of or onto you can strategically time your approach so that
        • you defeat them before you jump (if they are on your platform)
        • you land on them (if the jump is easy to time and has plenty of clearance, or if the platform you are jumping onto is narrow)
        • you land while they are on the other side of a platform (if the platform they walk on is wide)
• Target Audience
  • The game is suited for players who like retro platformer games.
  • The game has no adult themed content.

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CardGames.pro published this Pixel Platform on April 9, 2023